An artist’s life
What is it like to be an artist working in the East Midlands? Elizabeth Hawley-Lingham and Paula Serafini spent two years looking…
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Job Ladder – Carl Gamble
He is now Managing Director of the Society for All Artists, but Carl Gamble’s career began by rising up the ranks at retail…
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As Tate Modern's latest art installation starts to melt away, AP's Jonathan Knott reflects on how art can play a role…
Why I shunned the art world
Reclusive artist John Middleton has just held his first exhibition for 40 years. He explains why he rejected the world of commerci…
Rushing up to Rochdale
Mark Doyle says that a clear sense of purpose has encouraged leading artists to participate in an ambitious programme of contempor…
The craft of captioning artworks
If artists want an authentic response to their work, they need to give viewers a way in, argues Eleanor MacFarlane.
A future for artist workspaces
With artist workspaces under threat from funding cuts, increases in business rates and property development schemes, a new initiat…
Net increase in London artists’ spaces, research finds
Despite new artist workspaces opening in some areas, a quarter of sites are at risk of closure and studios are becoming more expen…
Creating a cultural landscape
Partnering with Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty has created opportunities for Activate to bring exciting contemporary art…
Visual arts organisation ‘throws in the towel’ after 40 years
Exeter’s Spacex has marked its demise by publishing a satirical conversation around the imbalance of power between those in-…
Online art sales slowing, finds survey
The art market is “struggling to convert hesitant buyers into repeat customers”, but Instagram is offering a key marke…
Helen Legg becomes new Director of Tate Liverpool
Tate Director Maria Balshaw said she was confident Legg would lead the organisation “into a new era”.
A reliable and robust business model
When Marc Steene set up a new art charity, he knew that the key to success would be adopting a business model based on a mix of re…
Flexible support for filmmakers
Artists deserve support to conduct research and development as much as any other valued professional. Lauren Healey explains how a…
Late openings key to improving gallery audience diversity
Museums and galleries are urged to regularly extend opening hours and put on after-hours events, which are estimated to be worth a…
A creative approach to science and technology
Despite not teaching the arts, the University of Bath has always embraced creativity. Jamie Eastman explains how its new arts cent…
Achieving a qualification on the inside
Young offenders in Wales gained the Arts Award during a Summer Arts College – for some it was their first ever qualification…
How I solved… challenges of cross-venue arts programming
Ruth Bretherick explains how she overcame the challenges of programming events when an exhibition split across two arts venues: on…
Scottish artists and galleries commit to addressing inequality
A new manifesto by the Scottish Contemporary Arts Network, Scottish Artists Union and Engage Scotland has set out the visual arts…
Attendance down at London galleries despite record tourism
The threat of terrorism is thought to have contributed to falling visitor numbers at some of London’s leading museums and ga…
New £1.5m fund to support emerging visual artists in UK regions
Four arts organisation, one in each of the UK’s nations, will win a slice of the Freelands Foundation funding to select and…
New ventures in Venice
Many arts graduates are struggling to find employment, but a British Council scheme is helping some to bridge the gap between educ…
The art of not underselling
Fabrica in Brighton has raised extra income through venue hire for some years, but it needed a more commercial approach to maximis…
Redeveloping a period mansion
Abbot Hall in Kendal, a Grade I listed mansion and now home to an art gallery and museum, is in the early stages of its redevelopm…
